>>2947134Thanks so much for the comments zx! I passed this city over a dozen times before finally deciding to check it out and shoot it. Next time you come back be sure to stop somewhere and walk around. It's quite different from any industrial area I'd been in before.
>I assume you may have chosen that composition because of some distracting elements in the foreground?There's just a road and sidewalk down there. I don't know why, but I hate when you get a triangle of road cutting across the bottom of the frame when shooting square. There wasn't anything interesting further down so I opted for more sky/tower instead of a slice of road.
>feels a bit empty to me and therefore not overly emotive or compelling.Totally agree. I'll probably go back and wait for someone to come by.
>the unfortunate sun position making the subject all in shadow is a bit distracting.Completely agree again. I had no idea how to position him in relation to the angled sun. If anyone has any tips for shooting portraits in hard sidelight without reflectors/flashes I'm all ears!
>These areas he seems to be shooting in is far different from "country-side Japanese town"Definitely true. This city has a population of 320,000. Not a huge city by any means, but it surely isn't country-side Japan. Perhaps the appearance of rice fields paints it as more rural than it actually is...but rice fields are pretty much everywhere in Japan.
>>2947144I do but nothing from recently. It does color great.
>>2947160Ahh, I see what you mean. Is that really what it looks like on the light table? The left side of that building looks almost HDR or shadow-bumped in post. Is there a building out of frame acting as a giant light bounce? My slides definitely don't have that much shadow detail when viewed on a light table. Do you shoot your Provia at box speed?
>>2947168Thanks for the comments! Glad you like em. I agree about the fisherman merging with the rocks. Next time I'll get it right!
